General Usage Advice

Ask a question that starts with “List,” “Summarize,” “Extract,” or “Identify” and includes:

• A clear subject (body part, condition, or category like “medications”)
• Optional time frame (e.g., “in 2021”)
• Request for factual detail (findings, dates, providers, page numbers)

Be Specific About the Body Part, Condition, or Topic

• ✅ Good: “Give me a summary of injuries to the left foot.”
• ❌ Poor: “Tell me about the left foot.”

Tip: Always name the body part, condition, or treatment you care about.

Be Specific About the Body Part, Condition, or Topic

• ✅ Good: “Give me a summary of injuries to the left foot.”
• ❌ Poor: “Tell me about the left foot.”

Tip: Always name the body part, condition, or treatment you care about.

Ask for the Type of Fact You Want

Instead of vague “about,” request specific categories:

• Diagnoses

• Imaging results

• Treatments

• Medications

• Surgeries

• Clinical findings

• ✅ Good: “List all medications prescribed for right knee pain.”

• ❌ Poor: “What’s going on with the right knee?”

Include Time or Context if Important

Medical records span years. If you want a specific time window, say it.

• ✅ Good: “Summarize all imaging results of the spine from 2022.”
• ❌ Poor: “What tests were done on the spine?”

Use Action Verbs in Queries

Frame requests with verbs that match fact retrieval:

• “Summarize”
• “List”
• “Extract”
• “Identify”
• “Show”

This tells the assistant what format to return.

• ✅ Good: “List all blood pressure readings with page numbers.”
• ❌ Poor: “Blood pressure?”

Avoid Opinions, Stick to Facts

• ✅ Good: “Extract findings from all chest X-rays.”
• ❌ Poor: “Does this look like pneumonia?”

(These will trigger the safeguard: “I am not trained to provide medical opinions.”)

Examples of Well-Formed User Queries

General Injury/Condition

• “Give me a summary of injuries to the left foot.”
• “List all references to shoulder pain with page numbers.”

Imaging

• “Summarize findings from MRI scans of the right knee.”
• “Extract all X-ray results for the chest with dates and providers.”

Medications

• “List all medications mentioned with dates and page numbers.”
• “Show me the first and last mention of each prescribed medication.”

Treatments/Procedures

• “Summarize all surgeries performed on the lumbar spine.”
• “List all physical therapy recommendations with page references.”

Vitals

• “Extract blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation readings with dates.”